Visual artist building a personal archive through performative photography
Selected works from an expanding series
Cherylschurgers
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 12
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 23
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 17
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 06
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 32
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 04
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 23
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 01
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 12
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 10
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 20
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 19
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 71
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 74
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 21
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 33
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 65
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 08
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 09
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 83
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 14
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 17
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 06
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 02
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 03
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 19
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 21
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 07
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 02
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2014 NEXT OF KIN / NO. 15
NEXT OF KIN (2014) is a photography installation created during a period of tension at my parental home. The series features intimate portraits of my mother, my sister, and myself, along with detailed studies of a plaster cast of my own body. Through a delicate interplay of presence and absence, NEXT OF KIN explores the…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 59
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 79
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2015 SAVOUR / NO. 16
SAVOUR (2015) is a photography installation that explores how the female body is seen and ‘consumed’ within visual culture. By shifting the focus from eating as a mundane act to a stylised gesture, the work frames it as a performance in which femininity is both displayed and scrutinised. Drawing on the polished aesthetics of food…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 72
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 35
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
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CS 2021 HAUNT / NO. 31
HAUNT (2021) is a photography installation of ninety-nine images made over nine weeks of self-isolation. Inspired by Xavier de Maistre’s 1794 book Voyage autour de ma chambre and the concept of room traveling, I documented my immediate surroundings to explore themes of solitude, self-reflection, and identity within the confined space of my apartment. Within this…
